It is situated about 8 miles (13 km) north west of the historic market town of Taunton.

[1] It relates to a local tribe the Wealas which according to legend fought the Romans at the site.

[2] On a clear day it is possible to see Dartmoor, Exmoor, the Brecon Beacons, the Mendips and Blackdown Hills.

[4] Wills Neck was surveyed by schoolboys from Clifton College from 1922 and 1945, led by teacher William Cornish Badcock.

[5] A beer brewed by the Quantock Brewery has been named Wills Neck after the hill.